A PICTURE CAN TELL..

… a thousand, completely unrelated stories. Well first there is the obvious story that takes center stage. The cutest little baby in the world, who happens to be my nephew. I mean, just look at him. Some of the other thousand stories: 1.  I really should have used the wider lens.. but even at 3:30pm, […]

TRAVELS & DREAMS

I think seeing the world, especially as a child, really expands your mind. I have no studies that back this up but I am pretty sure that the longer you stay in an ultra-clean, ultra-modern, ultra-organized, ultra-english speaking world, the more closed your mind becomes to all the possibilities that exist. I had a friend […]

FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

From the outside looking in, you might assume that: 1. My home is always neat and tidy and clean and bright. 2. My kids are angels and always well behaved. 3. My husband and me never get into arguments or fights. 4. My family eats only healthy dinners and snacks and that I bake cakes […]

BE QUIET

There are two types of people. Those who enjoy quiet time and those who try and fill up their quiet time with ‘noise’. My sister, my cousin Shanti (whose name means peace), my mom.. we are all in the former category. We relish our quiet time. We joke we could spend an hour just staring […]

BE GRATEFUL

This morning, while the kids were playing nicely together, I sat down with my cup of tea and started reading some of my fave blogs. I use Google Reader. Instead of feeling uplifted by all the inspiration (food, photography, decorating, travel), I just felt yuck. Here I was sitting in my faded owl pajamas from […]

ON CHILDREN

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may […]